NYPD rioting & assaulting civilians in NYC. This billboard last month. Times Square. Across from NYPD station. “Hey NYPD. It’s us. NYC residents. The ones who pay your salary. We paid $300 million to settle your lawsuits. You paid nothing. We need to talk.”

The $300 million to settle NYPD lawsuits over the last five years could instead fund proven non-police violence interruption programs and summer youth employment in every neighborhood in NYC for the next 5 years.

The $327 million per year that NYC residents pay for police in schools with no impact on public safety, could instead fund full four-year scholarships for over 4000 students to attend NY state colleges.

The $1 billion NYC residents pay in just overtime for NYPD could instead house every single one of the 14,000 homeless families now living in NYC. Then pay a year of rent for 7,000 families out of work and at risk of eviction because of the pandemic. With $400 million to spare.

Check out http://Need-To-Talk.com , a simple, yet powerful site that asks people to imagine a better way to prevent violence, support our youth, and remedy homelessness.